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A "grandfather" is the largest marble, the size of a billiards ball or tennis ball. Various names for different marble types (regional playground talk, Leicester, UK): Marleys (marbles), prit (white marble), Kong (large marble), King Kong (larger than a bosser), steely (metal bearing-ball). Names can be combined: e.g. prit-Kong (large white ...
The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's surface, [ 1 ] a cropped and rotated version has become one of the most reproduced images in history.
Block-shaped puzzle pieces advance onto the board from one or more edges (i.e. top, bottom, or sides). The player tries to prevent the blocks from reaching the opposite edge of the playing area. Ball Fighter; Collapse; Critter Crunch; Frozen Bubble; Luxor series; Magical Drop; Magnetica; Money Puzzle Exchanger; Puzzle League series; Poker Smash
The Blue Marble is an image of Earth taken by the crew of Apollo 17 on December 7, 1972, from a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) from the planet's surface. Blue Marble may also refer to: Big Blue Marble, a half-hour children's television series that ran from 1974 to 1983
Each of the first 78 half-hour episodes produced during the original three years of production contained animated pieces sequences by Ron Campbell Films, Inc., executive produced and directed by Ron Campbell, written by Cliff Roberts. In 1974, A&M Records released an album of songs from the show, also titled Big Blue Marble (catalog no. SP-3401).
Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy. The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.
Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...
Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), [ 1 ] le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), [ 2 ] became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry , [ 3 ...